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Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
Tense in tone, about grief and loss, set in small town and north america.
“Stephen King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to his childhood town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, only to discover that its residents are being turned into vampires by a newly arrived stranger.”
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The Vampire ChroniclesSeries
series15 books1976
completed
Gothic, about immortality.
“Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter.”
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FledglingNovel
Octavia E. Butlerstandalone novel2005
Science fiction, about identity and race and racism, set in north america.
The RadleysNovel
Matt Haigstandalone novel2010
About family secrets.
BiteNovel
Richard Laymonstandalone novel1996
Tense in tone, about survival and forbidden love.
“Sam's in the closet, with a hammer in one hand and a wooden stake in the other.”
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White Is for WitchingNovel
Helen Oyeyemistandalone novel2009
Gothic and ghost stories, about family secrets, set in british isles.
“Combining elements of ghost, vampire, and haunted house stories, White Is for Witching concerns a twin named Miranda and her relationship with the sentient, xenophobic house she inhabits.”
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